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Melissa Hurtado

State Senator · Senate District 16 · Party: Democratic

3002 final-passage votes on record.

Record at a glance

3002
Final-passage votes
4307
All recorded votes

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OfficeDemocratic
Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 16
Party
Democratic
SourceOct 2, 2026

Last verified Oct 2, 2026.

Official source ↗

Photo: Photo via Open States

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This tab shows Melissa Hurtado's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.

How the platform is recorded

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  • AB 1172

    Adult day programs: administration of intranasal emergency antiseizure medications.

    3rd Reading AB1172 Nguyen et al. By Grayson

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1527

    Tribal gaming: compact ratification.

    3rd Reading AB1527 Soria et al. By Hurtado Urgency Clause

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 564

    Cannabis: excise tax: rate increase suspension: report.

    3rd Reading AB564 Haney et al. By Cabaldon

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 610

    Housing element: governmental constraints: disclosure statement.

    3rd Reading AB610 Alvarez By Grayson

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 566

    California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: opt-out preference signal.

    3rd Reading AB566 Lowenthal et al. By Stern

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 754

    Menstrual products: disposable tampons and pad products: concerning chemicals.

    Unfinished Business SB754 Durazo Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 518

    Descendants of enslaved persons: reparations.

    Unfinished Business SB518 Weber Pierson et al. Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 250

    Medi-Cal: provider directory: skilled nursing facilities.

    Unfinished Business SB250 Ochoa Bogh Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 791

    Vehicle dealers: document processing charge.

    Unfinished Business SB791 Cortese et al. Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 359

    Use Fuel Tax Law: Diesel Fuel Tax Law: exempt bus operation.

    Unfinished Business SB359 Niello Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 499

    Residential projects: fees and charges.

    Unfinished Business SB499 Stern Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 486

    Regional housing: public postsecondary education: changes in enrollment levels: California Environmental Quality Act.

    Unfinished Business SB486 Cabaldon Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1362

    Foreign labor contractor registration: agricultural workers.

    3rd Reading AB1362 Kalra et al. By Laird

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 419

    Educational equity: immigration enforcement.

    3rd Reading AB419 Connolly By Pérez

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1529

    Housing omnibus.

    3rd Reading AB1529 H. & C.D. (Haney) By Wahab

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 740

    Virtual power plants: load shifting: integrated energy policy report.

    3rd Reading AB740 Harabedian et al. By Stern

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 692

    Employment: contracts in restraint of trade.

    3rd Reading AB692 Kalra et al. By Pérez

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 634

    Local government: homelessness.

    Unfinished Business SB634 Pérez et al. Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 507

    Adaptive reuse: streamlining: incentives.

    3rd Reading AB507 Haney et al. By Wiener

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1466

    Groundwater adjudication.

    3rd Reading AB1466 Hart By Laird

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 660

    California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework.

    Unfinished Business SB660 Menjivar et al. Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 582

    Health and care facilities: licensing during emergencies or disasters.

    Unfinished Business SB582 Stern et al. Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 3

    Elections: signature verification and results.

    Unfinished Business SB3 Cervantes et al. Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 398

    Election crimes: payment based on voting or voter registration.

    Unfinished Business SB398 Umberg et al. Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 333

    Transactions and use taxes: San Luis Obispo Council of Governments.

    Unfinished Business SB333 Laird et al. Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 610

    Disaster assistance: tenants, mobilehome parks, and mortgages.

    Unfinished Business SB610 Pérez et al. Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 798

    State Emergency Food Bank Reserve Program: diapers and wipes.

    3rd Reading AB798 Calderon et al. By Limón

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1319

    Protected species: California Endangered Species Act.

    3rd Reading AB1319 Schultz et al. By Limón

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

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  • AB 70

    Solid waste: organic waste: diversion: biomethane.

    3rd Reading AB70 Aguiar-Curry By Grayson

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1324

    CalWORKs.

    3rd Reading AB1324 Sharp-Collins et al. By Limón

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1069

    Older adults: emergency shelters.

    3rd Reading AB1069 Bains et al. By Limón

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 243

    Postsecondary education: student financial aid dependency status: juveniles.

    3rd Reading AB243 Ahrens By Wahab

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 71

    California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: transit projects.

    Unfinished Business SB71 Wiener et al. Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1445

    Downtown revitalization and economic recovery financing districts.

    3rd Reading AB1445 Haney et al. By Ashby

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1074

    CalWORKs.

    3rd Reading AB1074 Patel By Limón

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 778

    Migrant childcare and development programs.

    Unfinished Business SB778 Limón Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 64

    Vital records.

    3rd Reading AB64 Pacheco et al. By Limón

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 727

    Pupil and student safety: identification cards.

    3rd Reading AB727 Mark González et al. By Pérez

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 515

    Trial: statement of decision.

    3rd Reading AB515 Pacheco By Umberg

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 786

    Planning and zoning: general plan: judicial challenges.

    Unfinished Business SB786 Arreguín et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 263

    Scott River: Shasta River: watersheds.

    3rd Reading AB263 Rogers et al. By McGuire

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 382

    Pedestrian safety: school zones: speed limits.

    3rd Reading AB382 Berman By Grayson

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 656

    Account cancellation.

    3rd Reading AB656 Schiavo et al. By Ashby

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 432

    Menopause.

    3rd Reading AB432 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Rubio

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 275

    Eligible training provider list.

    Unfinished Business SB275 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1504

    California Massage Therapy Council.

    3rd Reading AB1504 Berman By Ashby

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 512

    Health care coverage: prior authorization.

    3rd Reading AB512 Harabedian et al. By Becker

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1037

    Public health: substance use disorder.

    3rd Reading AB1037 Elhawary By Menjivar

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 261

    Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards.

    Unfinished Business SB261 Wahab et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 843

    Health care coverage: language access.

    3rd Reading AB843 Garcia By Menjivar

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

Older votes

Money raised and spent by the campaign committees Melissa Hurtado controls in 2025–2026, as reported to the California Secretary of State. These are facts about money; they don't explain any vote or action in office.

Raised · 2025–2026

$3,671,366

Spent $2,987,155

Totals

  • Raised
    6 statements, Summary Page line 5
    $3,671,366
  • Spent
    Summary Page line 11
    $2,987,155
  • From individuals (itemized)
    14 contributions of $100 or more, net of refunds
    $28,800 1%

Sums of each statement's own figures for its period. Contributions under $100 aren't itemized, so they're in "Raised" but not in the lists below.

Top contributing industries (approximate)

  • Labor unions
    $168,900
  • Tribal governments
    $39,300
  • Education
    $38,500
  • Agriculture and food
    $36,800
  • Health care
    $30,600
  • Finance, insurance and banking
    $24,900
  • Construction and engineering
    $24,100
  • Energy and utilities
    $21,700

Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 23% of these itemized dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed.

How industries are assigned

Top employers of individual donors

No employer was named by 3 or more donors.

The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. $100 came from people who listed no employer (retired, not employed or self-employed). Individual donors are never named on ThePillory, at any amount.

Committees, parties and organizations

  • California Democratic Party
    2 contributions · political party · Not classified
    $515,000
  • Democratic Central Committee of Siskiyou County
    1 contribution · political party · Not classified
    $100,000
  • Democratic Party of Orange County
    1 contribution · political party · Not classified
    $100,000
  • Napa County Democratic Central Committee
    1 contribution · political party · Not classified
    $100,000
  • San Diego County Democratic Party
    1 contribution · political party · Not classified
    $100,000
  • San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee
    1 contribution · political party · Not classified
    $100,000
  • San Mateo County Democratic Central Committee
    1 contribution · political party · Not classified
    $100,000
  • Tehama County Democratic Central Committee
    1 contribution · political party · Not classified
    $100,000
  • Association of California School Administrators PAC Small Contributor Committee
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Education
    $23,600
  • SEIU California State Council of Service Employees Small Contributor Committee
    3 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $23,600

Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Melissa Hurtado's own committees aren't counted.

Independent expenditures for and against

Spent to support: $237,354

  • Coalition for Valley Values for Hurtado and against Kaur for Senate 2026, sponsored by Housing and Energy Providers
    race: State Senate · 5 reports · May 14, 2026 to May 27, 2026
    $190,479
  • Working Families for a Stronger California, Sponsored by LCCC PAC, A Bi-partisan Coalition of Municipal, County, Latino Appointed and Elected Leaders PAC
    race: State Senate · 4 reports · May 12, 2026 to May 26, 2026
    $36,226
  • Advance California, Sponsored by California Apartment Association
    race: State Senate · 1 report · May 7, 2026
    $10,649

Spent to oppose: $586,912

  • Legislative Action PAC, sponsored by Legislative Action California
    race: State Senate · 7 reports · Sep 11, 2026 to Oct 3, 2026
    $586,912

Spending on ads and outreach about Melissa Hurtado by committees that don't coordinate with the campaign; this money isn't given to the campaign. From Form 496 reports, which are filed for independent expenditures of $1,000 or more made in the 90 days before an election; spending outside that window isn't included. Each spender links to its committee record, where its own donors are listed.

Campaign committees and statements (1)

The committees Melissa Hurtado controls, and each campaign statement (Form 460) with its own totals for its period. A committee can be for another office or a future race, or an officeholder account; each is listed under its own name.

Valley Families for Melissa Hurtado for Senate 2026

  • Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026
    Spent $1,328,915 · cash at end $724,241 Statement ↗
    $1,749,819 received
  • May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $304,650 · cash at end $311,058 Statement ↗
    $342,362 received
  • Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026
    Spent $952,024 · cash at end $372,396 Statement ↗
    $970,693 received
  • Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026
    Spent $231,392 · cash at end $240,490 Statement ↗
    $275,119 received
Committee record ↗

From the Cal-Access export of Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:54:52 GMT. California replaces Cal-Access with a new disclosure system after the November 2026 election.

Methodology
Disclosures

Statements of economic interests (Form 700)

California officials file a Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700) each year: their investments, real property, income and gifts. Statewide officers and members of the Legislature file theirs with the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), which publishes them.

  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 18, 2026 · covers 2025 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 27, 2025 · covers 2024 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 28, 2024 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Jan 29, 2024 · covers 2022 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 27, 2023 · covers 2022 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 1, 2023 · covers 2022 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 28, 2022 · covers 2021 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 29, 2021 · covers 2020 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 11, 2021 · covers 2020 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 1, 2021 · covers 2020 Statement (PDF) ↗

Source: FPPC Form 700 search ↗, searched Oct 6, 2026. How

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